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CECILE - CHABROL - REDOUTE (delineavit)
DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Ile d'Eléphantine. Bas-reliefs du temple du sud. (ANTIQUITES, volume I, planche 37)
Imprimerie Impériale | Paris 1809-1829 | 54 x 71 cm | une feuille
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 25949
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CECILE - Charles-Louis BALZAC - BENOIT (sculpsit)
DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Le Kaire [Le Caire]. Vue d'une salle de la maison de Solymân Aghâ & Vue intérieure du palais de Qasim Bey. (ETAT MODERNE, volume I, planche 51)
Imprimerie Impériale | Paris 1809-1829 | 70 x 53.50 cm | une feuille
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 25345
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CECILE - DELAUNAY
DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Arts et métiers. Le Passementier, Le Faiseur de cordonnets, Le Fabricant d'étoffes de laine, Le Ceinturonnier. (ETAT MODERNE, volume II, planche XIV)
Imprimerie Impériale | Paris 1809-1829 | 71 x 53.50 cm | une feuille
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 26341
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CECILE - DESMAISONS (aqua forti) - LIENARD (sculpsit)
DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Erment (Hermonthis). Vue du temple prise au sud-ouest. (ANTIQUITES, volume I, planche 91)
Imprimerie Impériale | Paris 1809-1829 | 71 x 54 cm | une feuille
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 25832
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CECILE - DUTERTRE (delineavit) - BERTHAULT (sculpsit)
DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. SYOUT. Vue de la ville pendant l'inondation & Vue d'un pont situé à l'entrée de la ville. (ETAT MODERNE, volume I, planche 3)
Imprimerie Impériale | Paris 1809-1829 | 70.50 x 53.50 cm | une feuille
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 25337
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CECILE - DUTERTRE (delineavit) - REDOUTE (delineavit)
DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Thèbes. Hypogées. Sculptures, fragments et détails coloriés. (ANTIQUITES, volume II, planche 45)
Imprimerie Impériale | Paris 1809-1829 | 53.50 x 71 cm | une feuille
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 26069
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CECILE - Edme-François JOMARD - Michel Ange LANCRET
DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Ile de Philae. Bas-reliefs et autres sculptures du temple de l'ouest, Détails de hiéroglyphes du même temple. (ANTIQUITES, volume I, planche 23)
Imprimerie Impériale | Paris 1809-1829 | 54 x 71 cm | une feuille
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 25922
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CECILE - Jean-Baptiste Prosper JOLLOIS - DAVID
DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Le Kaire [Le Caire]. Vues et détails dessinés dans la ville des tombeaux. (ETAT MODERNE, volume I, planche 65)
Imprimerie Impériale | Paris 1809-1829 | 70 x 53.50 cm | une feuille
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 25340
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CECILE - LIENARD (sculpsit)
DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Thèbes. Karnak Vue du Palais prise de l'intérieur de la cour. (ANTIQUITES, volume III, planche 19)
Imprimerie Impériale | Paris 1809-1829 | 71 x 54 cm | une feuille
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 23292
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CECILE - REVILLE (sculpsit) - A.-B. DUHAMEL
DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Antinoë. Vue du portique du théâtre. (ANTIQUITES, volume IV, planche 55)
Imprimerie Impériale | Paris 1809-1829 | 70 x 51.50 cm | une feuille
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 23467
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Centorio degli Hortensi, Ascanio.
Commentarii della guerra di Transilvania. (With:) La seconda parte de' commentarii delle guerre. Venice, Gabriel Giolito de' Ferrari, 1566-1569.
4to. 2 vols. in 1. (40), 266, (2) pp. (32), 298, (2) pp. With woodcut printer's devices on both titles, and different device on reverse of final leaf. Contemporary limp vellum. First edition (part 1: second issue) of Centorio's memoirs, here complete with both parts, comprising the years until 1553 (pt. 1) and then continued to 1560 (pt. 2). The author's principal work. Centorio lived in Milan around the middle of the 16th century. "Commentaries on the wars against the Turks from Mohács in 1526 onwards. Offers a detailed account of the conflict between Ferdinand and John Zápolya, as well as of the battles of Castaldo. Although the title of pt. 1 mentions 'Re Lodovico XII', this is about Louis II of Hungary, who drowned after the Battle of Mohács, not about Louis XII of France" (cf. Göllner). Dedications to Ottavio Farnese, duke of Parma and Piacenza, and Consalvo Ferrante di Cordova, duke of Sessa. Includes four sonnets by the author and Lodovico Dolce. "Fine woodcut initials and headpieces" (cf. Apponyi). - Slight waterstain near beginning; front pastedown stamped by the Madrid bookseller Gabriel Sanchez. Edit 16, CNCE 10794/10799. Göllner 1061 (pt. 1 only). Adams C 1269. BM-STC Italian 165. Atabey 211. Jöcher I, 1804. Cf. Apponyi 381 (pt. 1, 1st issue only). Not in Blackmer.
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Cesana G.A.
Da Firenze a Suez e viceversa. Impressioni di viaggio.
<p>19 cm, rilegatura coeva in mezza pelle con titolo e fregi impressi in oro al dorso, piatti marmorizzati, p. 355.</p>
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Ch. ROUSSEL
La justice en Algérie. Les tribunaux indigènes. Extrait de la Revue des Deux Mondes
Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes | s. l. [Paris] 1876 | 15.50 x 25 cm | agrafé
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 18594
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CHABROL - Charles-Louis BALZAC - Jean-Baptiste Prosper JOLLOIS
DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Thèbes. Bybân el Molouk. Bas-reliefs sculptés et peints dans les cinquième et quatrième tombeaux des rois à l'ouest, Bas-reliefs du cinquième tombeau à l'est. (ANTIQUITES, volume II, planche 84)
Imprimerie Impériale | Paris 1809-1829 | 71 x 53.50 cm | une feuille
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 26091
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CHABROL - Claude-Joseph POMEL - LOUVET (sculpsit)
DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Ile d'Eléphantine. Coupes et bas-reliefs du temple du sud. (ANTIQUITES, volume I, planche 36)
Imprimerie Impériale | Paris 1809-1829 | 71 x 54 cm | une feuille
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 25951
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CHABROL - COQUET
DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Qâou el Kebyreh (Antaeopolis). Plan, coupe, élévation et détails du portique du temple. Plan des restes de l'édifice de l'Ouest. (ANTIQUITES, volume IV, planche 41)
Imprimerie Impériale | Paris 1809-1829 | 71 x 54 cm | une feuille
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 35402
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CHABROL - DUTERTRE (delineavit) - Edme-François JOMARD
DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Thèbes. Medynet-Abou. Bas-relief sculpté sur la face extérieure du palais exposée au nord, Bas-relief de la galerie-sud du péristyle du palais, Fragments trouvés sous le premier pylône des propylées du temple. (ANTIQUITES, volume II, planche 9)
Imprimerie Impériale | Paris 1809-1829 | 53.50 x 71 cm | une feuille
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 26026
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CHABROL - DUTERTRE (delineavit) - Edme-François JOMARD
DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Thèbes. Medynet-Abou. Bas-relief sculpté sur la face extérieure du palais exposée au nord, Bas-relief de la galerie-sud du péristyle du palais, Fragments trouvés sous le premier pylône des propylées du temple. (ANTIQUITES, volume II, planche 9)
Imprimerie Impériale | Paris 1809-1829 | 53.50 x 71 cm | une feuille
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 32871
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CHABROL - Edme-François JOMARD - Charles-Louis BALZAC
DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. El Kab (Elethyia). Bas-reliefs des grottes, Fragments de statues trouvées dans les ruines de la ville. (ANTIQUITES, volume I, planche 69)
Imprimerie Impériale | Paris 1809-1829 | 71 x 54 cm | une feuille
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 25859
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CHABROL - Edme-François JOMARD - PLEE (sculpsit)
DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Denderah (Tentyris). Plan, coupe et détail de la porte du nord. (ANTIQUITES, volume IV, planche 5)
Imprimerie Impériale | Paris 1809-1829 | 54 x 71 cm | une feuille
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 26507
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CHABROL - Jean-Baptiste Prosper JOLLOIS - CHARLIN (sculpsit)
DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Erment (Hermonthis). Bas-reliefs de l'intérieur et de l'extérieur du temple. (ANTIQUITES, volume I, planche 95)
Imprimerie Impériale | Paris 1809-1829 | 54 x 71 cm | une feuille
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 25836
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CHABROL - Jean-Baptiste Prosper JOLLOIS - DEVILLIERS
DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Denderah (Tentyris). Frise de la partie postérieure du portique, Corniche de la première salle de l'appartement du zodiaque, Frise et corniche du grand temple. (ANTIQUITES, volume IV, planche 23)
Imprimerie Impériale | Paris 1809-1829 | 71 x 54 cm | une feuille
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 26496
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CHABROL - Jean-Baptiste Prosper JOLLOIS - DEVILLIERS
DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Environs d'Esné (Latopolis). Plan, coupe, élévation et détails du temple au nord d'Esné. (ANTIQUITES, volume I, planche 85)
Imprimerie Impériale | Paris 1809-1829 | 71 x 54 cm | une feuille
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 25849
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CHALIAND Gérard
Le malheur kurde
Seuil, 1992. In-8. Broché. Couverture illustrée. 220 pages. Cartes. Garde blanche coupée en biais. Très bon état.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 4123
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Chalkokondyles, Laonikos.
L'histoire de la decadence de l'empire grec. Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1632.
Folio (250 x 360 mm). 4 parts in 1 vol. (16), 1015, (29) pp. 289 cols., (3) pp. 4 pp., cols. 5-128 (+ 2 ff.), (2) pp. 65 ff., 66-114, (4) pp. (several mispaginations). With engr. t. p., 2 engr. plates, and numerous engravings in the text. Contemp. calf. All edges red. Chronicle of the early history of the Ottoman empire; one of several editions printed in the same year. First published in its French translation in 1577, this work by the Byzantine historian Chalkokondyles (c. 1423-90) was republished frequently throughout the 17th century, always including the account of Ottoman costumes and an interpretation of the seventeen enigmatic illustrations of Byzantine prophecies foretelling the downfall of the Ottoman Empire. The folding plate depicts a bird’s-eye view of Constantinople with its prominent buildings. The chronicle itself is illustrated by numerous portraits of rulers. The costume plates were originally designed for the travel account of Nicolas de Nicolay (1517-83), first published in 1567 (cf. Lipperheide Lb 2), who had visited the Ottoman court as a diplomat in the services of King Henry II. - Hinges and extremeties professionally repaired. Engraved title closely trimmed at top; slight loss to edge of plate showing the Turkish army as well as one costume plate. Occasional brownstaining and edge defects throughout. From the Ottoman collection of the Swiss industrialist Herry W. Schaefer. Cf. Atabey 214. Navari (Greek) 138. Hage Chahine 860-862. Navari (Greek) 138. Hamilton 23. Not in Blackmer.
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Chamberlayne, John.
Oratio dominica in diversas omnium fere gentium linguas versa. Amsterdam, W. & D. Goeree, 1715.
4to. 2 parts in 1 vol. (48), 94 (but: 96), (6) pp. (2), 256 (but: 156) pp. Title page printed in red and black. With 2 folding engr. plates and some 20 text engravings, all showing script specimens. - (Bound after) II: Morin, Stephan. Exercitationes de lingua primaeva ejusque appendicibus. Utrecht, Willem Broedelet, 1694. (14), 448, (8) pp. With engr. title page and 4 folding engr. plates. Contemp. Dutch blindstamped vellum with oriental-style, lozenge-shaped cover ornaments. First edition. - The Lord’s Prayer in more than 150 languages, including many European and Asian languages, but also Arabic (in two styles), Persian (in two styles), Syriac, Ottoman Turkish, etc., many of which are rendered both in Latin transliteration and in their original scripts, engraved in the text or as folding plates. The second part contains nine remarkable treatises on typefaces and languages, including the first publication ever of "De variis linguis" by the great German philosopher and polymath G. W. Leibniz. The English courtier John Chamberlayne (1666-1723) is said to have known sixteen languages; among his many writings is an immensely popular, amusing tract on coffee, tea, and hot chocolate which he published at the age of 19 (cf. DNB). - II: First edition. The plates show coins and medals from Palestine and Samaria. - One corner bumped. Insignificant browning; a good, clean copy. I: Ebert 3978. DNB IV, 9. Brunet I, 1761. Graesse II, 112. Ravier 317 (pt. 2 only). - II: Ebert 14415. Fürst II, 390. Lipsius 268.
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CHAMPDOR (Albert).-
Babylone et Mésopotamie. 142 photographies dont 8 en couleurs.
1953 Paris, Albert Guillot (Collection Les Hauts Lieux de l'Histoire), 1953, grand in 4° relié pleine toile de l'éditeur, jaquette illustrée en couleurs, 166 pages ; menus défauts à la jaquette.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 39646
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CHANCEL (Philippe).
Desert Spirit.
Paris Xavier Barral 2010 6 vol. relié in-4 oblong, cartonnage toilé vert pistache avec titre noir gaufré sur le premier plat, 111 pp. Premier tirage de cet album de 54 photographies monumentales en couleurs du photojournaliste Philippe Chancel qui mettent l'accent sur le caractère artificiel ou factice des grands projets architecturaux réalisés dans le désert à Dubai et Abu Dhabi. Texte en anglais, arabe et français. En bonne condition.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 121504
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CHANCEL (Philippe).
Desert Spirit.
Paris Xavier Barral 2010 6 vol. relié in-4 oblong, cartonnage toilé vert pistache avec titre noir gaufré sur le premier plat, 111 pp. Premier tirage de cet album de 54 photographies monumentales en couleurs du photojournaliste Philippe Chancel qui mettent l'accent sur le caractère artificiel ou factice des grands projets architecturaux réalisés dans le désert à Dubai et Abu Dhabi. Texte en anglais, arabe et français. En bonne condition.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 121504
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CHANDLERY, PJ: P J
Pilgrim-Walks in Rome: A Guide to the Holy Places in the City and its Vicinity.
London: Manresa Press 1908. 3rd edition enlarged with a preface by Rev.John Gerard. Pp.xvi/530 folding map has repaired tear to index list photo portrait frontispiece of Pope Pius X further black & white illustrations throughout owner's name to front free endpaper owner's details to contents page spotting to endpapers with cracking to rear inner hinge still firm. Green cloth with gilt decoration to front and gilt title to spine. G. London: Manresa Press, 1908. hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 37745
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Chanlaire, Pierre Gregoire & Mentelle, Edme.
Carte du théâtre de la Guerre en Orient. Paris, Chanlaire & Mentelle, 1798-1799.
Original outline colour. Dissected and laid on linen in two sections, together 940 x 1540 mm. A two-sheet wall map showing Prussia, Turkey, Egypt and Abyssinia in the west, and the Aral Sea in Kazakhstan, Persia, Arabia and Somalia in the east. Two inset maps show the routes from Siré to Gondar and from Gondar to the sources of the Nile. According to the inscription, the map is based on that of "the late J. B. Laborde" (Jean-Benjamin de Laborde [1734-94], a traveller and musician), with amendments; however we have been unable to trace a map of the region by him. - The vast map was published to satisfy French interest when their seemingly-unstoppable General Bonaparte turned his attention to the conquest of Egypt in 1798. Napoleon had captured Malta en route to Egypt, and the oval title vignette shows him overseeing the burial of the French dead under Pompey's Pillar after the capture of the important port city of Alexandria (July 1798). - After the defeat of the Mameluk army at the Battle of the Pyramids it was Napoleon's intention to subdue the rest of the Ottoman Empire before moving to threaten British interests in India. However, as the political situation in Paris was deteriorating, Napoleon decided to leave his army in Egypt in 1799, returning to France to become First Consul. His army was less fortunate, surrendering to the British at Alexandria in 1801. - This map is very scarce: the French citizens' interest in maps of the Orient evaporated as quickly as Napoleon's.
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CHANTRE Luc
Pèlerinages d'empire: Une histoire européenne du pèlerinage à la Mecque
Editions de la Sorbonne, Bibliothèque historique des pays d'Islam, 2018, 500 pp., broché, très bon état.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 64267
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CHAPOT (Victor)
Frontière de l’Euphrate de Pompée à la conquête arabe
Roma, “L’Erma” di Bretschneider 1967 Réimpression anastatique de l’édition parue à Paris en 1907 BEFAR 99. In-8, reliure de l’éditeur, demi-basane noire, dos à 4 nerfs, pièce de titre maroquin marron, auteur, titre et éditeur dorés, XV + 399 pp. Coins légèrement émoussés. Bon exemplaire.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 49974
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Chappeville, Pierre Clement de.
Petit traité de fauconnerie. Paris, Librarie Pairault, 1885.
8vo. 26, (2) pp. Later half morocco, spine gilt, with the original printed wrappers bound within. Schwerdt copy. One of 150 copies. - Spine rubbed. Schwerdt I, 103. Thiébaud 166.
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Chapple Joe Mitchell
To Bagdad and Back
<p>First edition. Octavo. Color frontispiece by Saul M. Arkin frontispiece etching by Levon West 2 color plates by Konrad Meindl about 10 b/w drawings by Chauncy Howard Peters 32 sepia-tone photographs 2 facsimiles. Original full red cloth stamped gilt and dark blue on spine and upper cover t.e.g. No dust jacket. Very good rubbing to spine of blue background. 298 pages.</p><p>Inscribed presentation copy signed and inscribed by Chapple to Guy Edward Murchand on front free endpaper: ".with sincere regards of the author and an appreciation of the 'new models'.The Attic Boston 1926 sic!." No other signatures or bookplates.</p><p>Author's travel in Egypt Palestine Lebanon Syria and Iraq. Notable for Levon West's etched portrait of Mohammed something which could never be accomplished by any Islamic true believer.</p> Chapple Publishing Company, Limited hardcover books
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 2221958
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CHARLES
DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Mammifères. Bélier à large queue, Moufflon à manchettes. (Histoire Naturelle, planche 7)
Imprimerie Impériale | Paris 1809-1829 | 53.50 x 70 cm | une feuille
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 25495
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CHARLES (Henri, S.J.)
La sédentarisation entre Euphrate et Balik.
Beyrouth, Lettres Orientales, 1942. In-8 carré broché, 99 pp., 4 pl. de reprod. photogr., schémas, 1 carte dépl.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 604752
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Charles DAUBIGE
Taïeb l'arabe. Extrait de la Revue des Deux Mondes
Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes | s. l. [Paris] 1871 | 15.50 x 25 cm | agrafé
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 18759
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Charles de FOUCAULD
"Votre très respectueusement et affectueusement dévoué dans le coeur de Jésus" Lettre autographe signée depuis son ermitage du Hoggar
(Hoggar) 17 matin (1909) | 10.20 x 15.80 cm | un feuillet remplié
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 84583
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Charles DIDIER
Séjour chez le grand-Chérif de La Mekke
Hachette & Cie | Paris 1857 | 11 x 18 cm | relié
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 30484
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CHARLES ENDERLIN
Paix ou guerres : Les secrets des négociations israélo-arabes 1917 - 1997
Stock Sans date. Ce livre de Charles Enderlin correspondant de France 2 à Jérusalem retrace pour la première fois l'histoire complète des quatre-vingt années de négociations entre Israël et les pays arabes de 1917 à 1997. L'auteur ayant eu accès à des archives inédites et recueilli les témoignages des principaux acteurs révèle les secrets de ces pourparlers qui ont abouti au processus de paix contemporain
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 500322725
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Charles Hubert LAVOLLÉE
La réforme judiciaire en Egypte. Extrait de la Revue des Deux Mondes
Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes | s. l. [Paris] 1875 | 15.50 x 25 cm | agrafé
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 18738
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Charles LALLEMAND
Tunis et ses environs
Maison Quantin | Paris 1890 | 24.50 x 31.50 cm | relié
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 69382
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Charles LOUANDRE
La statistique et l'archéologie en Afrique. Extrait de la Revue des Deux Mondes
Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes | s. l. [Paris] s. d. [1852] | 15.50 x 25 cm | agrafé
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 14538
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Charles LÉVÊQUE
Exploration scientifique de l'Algérie. La société berbère. Extrait de la Revue des Deux Mondes
Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes | s. l. [Paris] s. d. [1873] | 15.50 x 25 cm | agrafé
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 14348
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Charles Rieu
Supplement to the Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the British Museum
London: British Museum 1894. 1st Edition . Hardback. Printed pages: xv 935. Good Plus. 11 x 13 inches 28 x 33 cm. Includes acquisitions made by the British Museum between 1871 and 1894. Red pebbled cloth binding with some staining and marking very solidly bound. Ex library book with call number to foot of spine vintage library bookplate to front pastedown endpaper embossed library stamps to title page and text. From the library of Samuel Barrett Miles British Diplomat in Middle East during the latter part of the 19th century. Rare. Overall condition is Good Plus. Please Note: This is a very heavy item and international postage will be more than the standard rate - a postage supplement will be requested after the order has been placed. Please contact us for an accurate postage cost for your location. Size: 11 x 13 inches 28 x 33 cm. British Museum hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1165A024
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Charles ROUSSEL
La naturalisation des étrangers en Algérie. Extrait de la Revue des Deux Mondes
Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes | s. l. [Paris] 1875 | 15.50 x 25 cm | agrafé
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 18691
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Charles SÉDILLOT
Campagne de Constantine de 1837
Crochard & Cie | Paris 1838 | 13 x 21.50 cm | relié
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 40347
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Charles VI, Emperor.
Printed mandate for a "Turk tax" to be levied in Upper Austria. Wien, 25 Jan. 1738.
Folio, ca. 58 x 44 cm. 1 p. At the beginning of the third year of war against the Ottoman army in the Austro-Russian-Turkish War of 1735-39: a mandate to the Upper Austrian Estates and their subservients regarding an extraordinary tax to be raised for the support the Imperial army. "We [the Emperor] should have wished nothing better, from the time that we were obliged to take arms against the hereditary enemy, than to re-establish the peace, and effect this either through the force of weapons or by kind acts; however, as during the time of our recent campaign our so numerous and well-equipped armies have much suffered from illnesses, long and tiring marches, and other hardships which must needs accompany a war, and thus have been hindered in achieving the desired further successes, and peace negotiations are yet distant, though We do not desist in pursuing all means conducive to achieving such an end, all that is now necessary is to replenish our forces, and convey here the necessary tools, in other words, to make our forces capable of effectively preventing all enemy action, and to bring peace and safety to our kingdom and dominions; all of which, as everybody will readily acknowledge, cannot be done without great expenditure, for which our treasury and the ordinary grants from the estates are not sufficient, We have found Ourselves compelled, even if against our own wishes, to apply a general contribution, or Turk tax [...]". - Traces of folds with slight tears and paper defects; captioned on reverse by a contemporary hand.
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Charles VIII, King of France / [compiled by Emmanuel Victor Pourroy de l’Aubérivière, Comte de Quinsonas].
Comptes de la vénerie et fauconnerie du roi Charles VIII. Archives impériales. Lyon, Louis Perrin, 1860.
8vo. VI, 22 pp. With 4 chromolithographed plates showing 3 stained-glass portraits and an architectural elevation, 2 double-page etched views and a lithographed facsimile of a letter written and signed by Margaret of Austria. Half grey-brown cloth (ca. 1900?). With the publisher’s lavender printed paper wrappers bound in, repeating the arms of the title-page. A remarkable bibliophile edition (limited to fifty copies) of financial accounts and other documents concerning hunting and falconry from the archives of King Charles VIII of France in the years 1485 to 1486. These documents are essential primary sources for the history of hunting and falconry, giving detailed and very specific data to throw light on falconry ca. 1485/86. The text was prepared in conjunction with a publication about Margaret of Austria (1480-1530), Duchess of Savoy, and Quinsonas (1818-1901) wrote a brief introductory chapter to the present book, “Documents pour servir a l’histoire de Marguerite d’Autriche”. The daughter the future Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I, she was betrothed to Charles VIII in 1483 and came to the French court to be educated as the future Queen of France. He broke off the engagement to marry her stepmother for political reasons in 1491. So at the time of the book’s documents about Charles VIII she was still betrothed to him and living at the French court. After he broke off their engagement she married twice, the second time in 1501 to Philibert II, Duke of Savoy who died of pneumonia that he caught during a hunt in 1504. The chromolithographs show details from two stained-glass portraits of her, one of her husband Philibert and a view of her “tower” in his chateau in Pont d’Ain. The etchings show Pont d’Ain and Louis XIII’s chateau at Poncin. After Margaret’s brother King Philip I of Spain died in 1506, she became governor of the Low Countries for most of 1507-30. Although the title-page names no compiler and the imprint names only the printer, Quinsonas’s arms appear on the title-page and front wrapper. He was clearly the motive force behind the publication, using the services of the printer Louis Perrin, who pioneered historically allusive book design. - With a presentation inscription from the compiler Comte de Quinsonas to Mr [Louis] de Mas-Latrie (1815-97), historian and palaeographer, on the front wrapper. With an 1890 (?) bookseller’s ticket, the bookplate of Paul Couturier de Royas (1853-1934), and a modern armorial bookplate of the Verne d’Orcet family, whose great library on the subject of hunting was begun ca. 1900. With offsetting of the chromolithographs (in spite of the tissue guards bound in to prevent it), the ribbon marker has left a browned shadow in the gutter margin between 2 pages and the margins of the wrappers have faded to grey-brown, but otherwise in very good condition. A bibliophile edition of documents concerning King Charles VIII’s hunting and falconry in the years 1485-86. Schwerdt 119. Thiébaud 763. For the type cf. Ponot, Louis Perrin & l’énigme des Augustaux (1998).
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